And the rain came down

The rain began at about 3:30 yesterday, it started trying to come into our house from about 4 until 6pm through somewhere above the window. I had to stand by the window holding a towel to soak up the water before it would flow inside. Early on Izabel asked if our car would be ok out on the street instead of in our elevated parking area and I said, "there's no way the water will get that high. About an hour later I waded out in knee high water to bring our car inside. There were cars and buses stopped outside our house because all of the roads were flooded. Aaron Brakefield said that our road is not known for flooding, it's a few blocks down that get flooded easily, so I guess we were lucky that at the crown of our road it was only about 4 inches deep. Other people (including Aaron) inside Cubatao proper had to abandon their cars in waist deep water or worse. News showed residential areas in Cubatao where water went over 6 feet high inside a house.
We are grateful that we only had to worry about a little bit of water trying to come inside our house when so many other people lost so much. Please pray for those who lost items in their houses due to the flooding and also pray for the families who lost loved ones. 
These pictures were taken early on. The water came about another foot into our garage and shortly after this the top picture would have a few cars and a bus included.

I finally figured out what this hole in the stairs is for. It has kept Samantha and I entertained for hours with me throwing a ball through it and watching it bounce down the stairs.

The rain stopped around 6:45 or 7 and the water slowly went down. Our neighbors were not home but we were able to see water a few inches up the door. By the time one lady came home the water had gone down so there was no standing water in their house but everything was wet. She lives with her elderly mother who had gone to Santos and finally returned at 2am when the buses were able to get through the traffic and mud. I shared one video of downtown Cubatao area on my Facebook but I invite you to search out other videos either through news in the Baixada Santista or on youtube.